Well, some of them anyway. Frequent readers of this blog have seen my mentions of the scammers who start with an innocent text, such as, “Hello, Lisa, it’s Grace, we met at the conference, would you like to meet for lunch?” The recipient is supposed to reply denying being the intended recipient, so the sender can apologize (“thank you for being so understanding!”) and make overtures of friendship, preferably on WhatsApp.
Some time ago I decided it would be more fun to enter into an improvisational conversation, playing the person they were supposedly texting. Sometimes they would enter into that conversation and they’d try valiantly, but they were just not up to it.
Match improv wits with the theatre professor who teaches improv? Oops!
There hadn’t been any of them for awhile and then this week brought two. But I guess they’re not going to waste either their time or mine playing along.
So I get to be a little creative and save time simultaneously!
MUSOFYR 
My favorite spam caller is the man’s computer-generated voice, who is very pleasant, from a solar company who asks me if I am the owner of a single-family home. To which I reply, “No! But, I do own a skyscraper in New York city.” It’s interesting to listen to the AI feature make noises as it trys to figure out what is the next step. Sometimes, the phone call ends, sometimes, I get put through to a salesman, and then I hang up.
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